Hand-plow.



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HAND PLOW APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1904 Wi tnesse I Q Inventor. b

. I I nttornegs Patented December 2'7, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS L. WILLCOX, OF CLARION, IOWA.

HAND-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,294, dated December27, 1904.

Application filed September 9, 1904. Serial No. 223,895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. VVILLooX, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Clan.

' for its object to simplify and improve the construction and produce animplement of this character wherein provision is made for adjusting thestandards both laterally and vertically to adapt the implement todifferentsized persons and also to adapt the implement to form furrowsof different distances apart.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of theinventioncapable of carrying the same into practical operation, it beingunderstood that the invention is not necessarily limited thereto, asvavious changes in the shape, porportions, and general assemblage of theparts may be resorted to without departing from the principle of theinvention or sacrificing any of its advantages, and the right istherefore reserved of making all the changes and modifications whichfairly fall within the scope of the invention and the claims madetherefor.

In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of theimplement. Fig 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 repre sents amodified form of a hoe or moldboard detached. y

The improved implement comprises a supporting-frame preferably of sidemembers 11 diverging toward the rear and terminating at the rear endshandles -12 Band with abearing-wheel 1 1 journaled between the forwardends. The side members 10 11 are connected near the rear ends by a round15 and likewise connected near the forward ends by a rigid transversemember 16, the latter having a rearwardly-extending lug 17. providedwith a transverse aperture.

Disposed between the side members 10 11 and. also between the transversemembers 15 16 are spaced members 18 19, having rightangled ends 20 21,pivoted, as at 22 23, respec-' tively, to the side members to enablethemembers 18 19 to rotate freely between the side members. The members 1819 are provided, respectively, with spaced perforations 24 25 to receiveU-shaped clamping-clips 26, 27, 28, and 29, two clips to each member andeach clip having one of its legs threaded and provided with a clamp-nut,as shown. Two of the hoe or moldboard standards 31 will be employed,onedetachably coupled to the transverse member 18 by the clip 26 and theother similarly coupled to the transverse member 19 by the clip 28. Thestandards are provided, respectively, with rigidly-connected braces 3233, coupled to the members 18 19 by the clips 27 29. By this simplemeans it is obvious the standards may be adjusted both vertically andlaterally relative to the members 18 19 to cause the hoes or moldboards11 12 to travel at any desired distance apart or any distance from themembers 10 11 to not only regulate the relative height of the handlesfrom the ground to adapt the implement to the sizeof the person usingit, but also to regulate the lateral range of the implement. Thus theimplement-can be readily adapted to all the various conditions of thecrops or the sizes of the plants or their distances apart and also tothe size of the operator to render its operation convenient and lessfatiguing.

Attached to standards 30 31 by flexible joints, such as staples 3 1 35,are stay-braces 36 37 having spaced transverse apertures 38 39 at theirfree ends, by which they may be adjustably clamped to the perforatedstud 17, extending from the transverse member 16, as by a single bolt40. By thismeans the standards 3O 31, with their attached hoes,moldboards, or other similar cuttingv implements, may be adjusted at agreater or lesser inclination relative to the ground andsupportingframe, and when these adjustments are made it will be obviousthat the members 18 19 will swing upon the centers 22 23, and thusobviate cramping the parts,

The hoes 4:1 12 are detachably connected to the standards, as by bolts,so that others of different form, as at 43, may be substituted therefor,thus adapting the implement-for operation in different sizes andconditions of the plants.

By this means it will be noted that a simply-constructed efficientimplement is produced which may be readily adjusted as required andwhich is strong and durable and can be manufactured at small expense andwill be found very useful for gardeners and others requiring such adevice.

If required, three or more of the standards, with their hoes ormoldboards, may be employed by merely supplying additional transversemembers 18 19 and their attachments.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed is 1. In aplow, a supporting-frame having spaced transverse members swinging bytheir ends between the frame members, standards disposed transversely ofsaid transverse members and provided with rigid lateral braces likewisedisposed transversely of said transverse members and spaced from saidstandards at their free ends, and means for adjustably connecting saidstandards and braces to said transverse members.

2. In a plow, a supporting-framehaving spaced transverse members eachprovided with a plurality of spaced apertures, standards disposedtransversely of said transverse members and provided with rigid lateralbraces likewise disposed transversely of said transverse members andspaced from said standards at their free ends, U-shaped clips having oneleg of each threaded and engaging said spaced apertures and embracingsaid standards and braces for detachably connecting same for lateraladjustment to said transverse members.

3. In a plow, a supporting-frame having spaced transverse membersswinging by their ends between the frame members, standards disposedtransversely of said transverse members and provided with rigid lateralbraces likewise disposed transversely of said transverse members andspaced from said standards at their free ends, means for adj ustabl yconnecting said standards and braces to said transverse members andlongitudinally-disposed braces each movably connected by one endrespectively to said standard and free to move vertically and laterallyrelative thereto, and each brace connected by its free end adjustably tosaid frame in advance of said standards.

4. In a plow, a supporting-frame having a transverse member mounted toswing by its ends therein, a transverse member rigidly connected to saidframe in advance of said swinging members and provided with a rearwar1llyextending lug, a standard disposed transversely of said swingingmembers and connected adjustably thereto and provided with arigidly-connected brace extending transversely of said swingin membersand adjustably connected thereto, and longitudinallydisposed bracesmovabl y connected by one end respectively to said standards and:uljustably connected by their other ends to said rearwardly-extendinglug.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS L. \VILLUOX. Witnesses:

I. E. NAGLE, C. J. NAGLE.

